WIT Black Ale is the first black wheat ale brewed in the United States. Brewed with a combination of two-row Pale, Caramel, Wheat malts as well as Black Patent barley, this unusual beer which doesn’t fall neatly into any specific beer category is a truly unusual beer. Additionally, WIT Black is brewed with a proprietary blend of exotic spices including anise. Willamette hops are used up front for bittering while Mt. Hood hops are used in two sepa...

Beer of Wit's style was first produced in the eastern provinces of Belgium over 500 years ago. At that time, before the universal usage of hops in brewing, local brewers employed a wide variety of ingredients to soften the bitter sourness that characterized their primitive beer, which was primarily made with wheat and thus called "witbier". The Flemish trade routes brought home oranges from Spain and exotic spices from the East Indies. Some brave...

Groovy Ale is modeled after the Dusseldorf-style Alt Bier which is Germany’s equivalent to the ales of England. The German word Alt means old or ancient and refers to the fact that these beers are brewed by the traditional method of top fermentation predating the relatively new method of bottom fermentation now predominant throughout Germany. Alt Biers are generally found in Dusseldorf and served in short stubby glasses. As one is finished the wa...